I've got some old .kwd files created using KWORD under 2.6.11-kanotix-7. LibreOffice doesn't have a kwd filter, so tried using ABIWORD which has one, but ABIWORD recognises .kwd files from Version 1 and does not seem to be able to deal with the .kwd files I have.

Grateful for any ideas for converters?

Tejas

miltonjohn

Titel: KWORD Files Verfasst am: 17.05.2012, 13:05 Uhr

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give calligra a try

Tejas

Titel: Re: KWORD Files Verfasst am: 19.05.2012, 13:13 Uhr

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miltonjohn hat folgendes geschrieben::

give calligra a try

Having a go, but they're all sources which need to be compiled

Anyone know if there's a deb somewhere out there?

eco2geek

Titel: RE: Re: KWORD Files Verfasst am: 24.05.2012, 04:38 Uhr

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Could you clarify your question? What version of Kanotix are you running -- the version based on Squeeze, or the version based on Wheezy? If you're running the Squeeze-based version, won't the version of KWord in the repos (v2.2.1) open your file?

Tejas

Titel: RE: Re: KWORD Files Verfasst am: 24.05.2012, 11:38 Uhr

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Got KWORD, but will not start

eco2geek

Titel:Verfasst am: 25.05.2012, 03:08 Uhr

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H'mm.

Another possibility: you could always download a live Linux CD that includes KOffice. Like, off the top of my head, Salix Live KDE 13.37 (it's Slackware-based). Then open your document and convert it to some other format.

Tejas

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Thanx. Good idea to use (and to bear in mind).

Tejas

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H'mm.

Another possibility: you could always download a live Linux CD that includes KOffice. Then open your document and convert it to some other format.

Not such a good idea. Salix can't cope with a VESA monitor. Able to get as far as run level 3 (text based)

Will have to cast around for another live CD/DVD.

Tejas

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Update

Three lumbering elephants later: Mint KDE, Mandriva, Chakra. The first two have replaced KWORD with Libre Writer, while the last has Calligra, but Calligra cannot read a KWORD document

Now found a nifty little distro with KWORD: Slax (just 200 MB), but only has one set of fonts, however if I can install the set I want I'm home & hosed! Decided to just stick with KWORD and alter the necessary files, as all the conversions fail to keep the KWORD framework.[

Kano

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I thought that koffice supports the same formats as lo now? Cant you just save it in that format?

Tejas

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I thought that koffice supports the same formats as lo now? Cant you just save it in that format?

I don't understand what you are getting at. Can you be more specific

Kano

Titel:Verfasst am: 30.05.2012, 19:59 Uhr

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Open your kword file and save it as ODT.

Tejas

Titel:Verfasst am: 02.06.2012, 20:37 Uhr

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Kano hat folgendes geschrieben::

Open your kword file and save it as ODT.

Kword file: fnt..kwd

PS of KW file: fnt.ps

Exported KW file: fnt.odt

Trouble is, it looks like the original once one gets rid of frame borders, but that's as far as it goes. Try as I might, I haven't been able to get a cursor to access the text and modify it. It looks like I'm stuck with some sort of image or other